TWO IZNIK POTTERY TILES

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1595

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TWO IZNIK POTTERY TILES
OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1595
Comprised of two tiles of rectangular form, the white ground painted in cobalt-blue, green, bole-red and turquoise with black outlines, each tile with a central rosette surrounded by scrolling vine issuing cusped palmettes, floral buds and small saz leaves, mounted in a wooden frame, each reduced in size, minor chips to the edges otherwise intact
Each tile 9 7/8 x 7in. (24.4 x 18cm.)

Provenance

European private collection formed before 1950s

Lot Essay

A fragmentary tile of the same pattern is in the Ömer Koç Collection (Hülya Bilgi, Dance of Fire. Iznik Tiles and Ceramics in the Sadberk Hanim Museum and Ömer M. Koç Collections, exhibition catalogue, Istanbul, 2009, no.183, p.310). Another is in the Hungarian National Museum (I. Gerelyes (ed.), Suleyman the Magnificent and his Age, exhibition catalogue, Budapest, 1994, no.133, p.133). The design was obviously very popular - it is also found decorating an embroidered satin kerchief, attributed to the 16th century (Yanni Petsopoulos (ed.), Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans. Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire, London, 1982, no.150, p.143).

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